Core Values & APTA
This core value occurs when the physical therapist and
physical therapist assistant consistently use current knowledge and skills while understanding
personal limits, integrate the patient or client perspective, embrace advancement, and challenge
mediocrity.
What is excellence?
This is the response or outcome of the research. It may be what was caused or what changed as a result of the study.
What is a dependent variable?
Jane presents 3 weeks after a total knee replacement. Measurements show she has 104 degrees right knee flexion, 4-/5 quad and hamstring strength, and 4cm of increased circumferential measurement in her right midpatella compared to her left. What category of the ICF model to these findings fall into?
What is body functions and structures?
This type of supervision refers to the supervision that is required for a PT student
What is direct supervision?
There are two types of stretching, manual and _____.
What is self stretching?
This core value occurs when the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant create a welcoming and equitable environment for all. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are inclusive when
they commit to providing a safe space, elevating diverse and minority voices, acknowledging personal
biases that may impact patient care, and taking a position of anti-discrimination
What is inclusion?
This term refers to the consistency of your test at measuring what it is supposed to test.
What is validity?
Jane does not have a handrail on the 3 stairs that connect her sidewalk to her front walkway and the sidewalks are uneven and need to be re-paved. This would be considered an _______
What is an environmental factor?
This profession, which works closely with PT/PTAs, designs and fits braces, inserts, and prosthetic devices
Who are orthotists and prosthetists?
This is a type of strengthening exercise in which there is no joint movement.
What is an isometric muscle contraction?
This core value is defined as the promotion of a mutual trust between the profession and the larger public
that necessitates responding to societal needs for health and wellness
What is social responsibility?
This term is a measure of how spread out or variable a set of numbers is from the average (mean).
What is the standard deviation?
Jane is also unable to make it to temple for weekly prayer services. What component of the ICF model does would this be considered?
What is a participation limitation?
This rule, which is part of HIPAA, safeguards electronic health information.
What is the security rule?
This is the process of obtaining history, performing relevant systems reviews, selecting and administering
specific tests and measures
What is the examination?
This is defined as: Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.
What is the APTA mission statement?
This value tells you how likely it is that your findings happened by chance.
What is the p-value?
Jane is having trouble walking >150 feet and getting upstairs to the second floor of her home. What component of the ICF model would this be considered?
What are activity limitations?
This component of the patient client management model is where PTAs focus their work.
What are interventions?
This type of assessment provides a baseline measurement which is completed by the patient.
What is a self-reported outcome measure?
This is a professional development program created by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to help Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs) advance their clinical knowledge and skills in a specific area of physical therapy practice.
What are the Advanced Proficiency Pathways for PTAs?
A highly _______ test is good at ruling out a disorder. A negative test tells us the person is more likely to NOT have the disorder.
What is sensitivity?
Jane also suffered from bipolar disorder, T2DM, and is obese. These factors are considered ___________ .
What are personal factors?
Patients have 3 rights under HIPAA rules.
1. Right to access their health information.
2. Right to receive an accounting of disclosures
What is the third one?
What is the right to request corrections?
These words represent the "R" in SMART goals — they show that your goal matters to you and that you’re both willing and able to achieve it.
What is realistic/relevant?